Category : 8000ers

Karakorum Weekly Recap: GI, GII Successes, K2 Likely Over

Angela Benavides

19/07/2019

8000ers K2

This has been “The Week" in the Karakorum: the brief core period when everyone is hurrying toward the summits of K2, Gasherbrum I and Gasher...

Updated: K2 Summit Push Aborted

Angela Benavides

18/07/2019

8000ers K2 Mountain

Deep snow and avalanche risk has forced back climbers on K2. "Mingma Tenzi and Pemba Tshering tried to break the trail from the Bottlenec...

Breaking: Mingote Summits GII, “Parasites” on K2

Angela Benavides

17/07/2019

8000ers K2

Gasherbrum II climbers have left Camp 3 for the summit. As on Nanga Parbat two weeks ago, all are joining forces to increase their summit ch...

Update: K2 and Gasherbrum II Summit Pushes

Angela Benavides

17/07/2019

8000ers K2

Climbers are currently heading for the summit of Gasherbrum II. Sergi Mingote reported yesterday from C3 that everyone was planning to set o...

Karakorum, Updated: The Calm Before the Storm (of Summits)

Angela Benavides

16/07/2019

8000ers K2

Wednesday to Friday should have been the peak days for summiting K2 and Gasherbrum. But an avalanche on the Bottleneck has delayed rope-fixi...

On K2, 120 Climbers Make Their Move

Angela Benavides

15/07/2019

8000ers K2

"Finally, the time we have been waiting for has arrived," Mike Horn posted yesterday. Together with Fred Roux, and virtually everyone else i...

Snowboarding from Manaslu, a dream to come true

Lucy Stamenova

15/07/2019

8000ers High altitude skiing Manaslu

Snowboarding in the Alps, Dolomites, Bulgarian ranges, Caucasus, Alborz, Pamir and the Himalayas, Vladimir is one of the pioneers in the spo...

Weekend Warm-Up: Andrzej Bargiel Skis K2

Jerry Kobalenko

14/07/2019

8000ers Reviews

ExWeb extensively covered Andrzej Bargiel's astonishing 2018 ski descent of K2. On our year-end Top 10 Expedition list, it was number one. B...

Karakorum: Great Weather, Early Successes

Angela Benavides

12/07/2019

8000ers K2

Five more climbers summited Broad Peak this afternoon. The Imagine Nepal team included Phur Galjen Sherpa, Pemba Tshering Sherpa (both Nepal...

High Fliers: Skiing and Paragliding in the Karakorum

Angela Benavides

10/07/2019

8000ers K2 Skiing

Seasoned climbers say the less time you remain at high altitude, the better. That's why some of the strongest climbers stress swift ascents ...

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